[EVO X]

It's shop until you drop around here. Car traffic is horrendous. Stores are packed. A rising tide of optimism toward ANWR oil development and the natural gas pipeline. Is there a fiscal crisis at the home level? Doesn't look that way.

Are they real shoppers or just lurkers?

[RightWhale]

They are buying everything, clearing the shelves. Maybe it's Christmas or maybe they are stocking their fallout shelters with snow globes. Either way, few are hoarding cash.